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By Jeff Zrebiec | May 16, 2012
The Ravens may lack experience at the wide receiver position, but they certainly don't lack depth. How much quality exists within that depth remains to be seen. The Ravens' roster currently includes 13 wide receivers, but nine of them have never caught a pass in an NFL game. Only two of them - Anquan Boldin and the recently-signed Jacoby Jones - have played for more than one season. Seven of them were undrafted and none of them were taken in the first round. That's why when training camp starts in mid-July, the battle to secure one of the final one or two wide receiver spots might be one of the most hotly-contested competitions in camp.
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By Dave Gilmore | May 10, 2012
UPDATE: I just received an email response from Cam Weber, GM of American Football for EA Sports. He writes: “In order to depict the seriousness of concussions, when a player is injured in a Madden NFL game, they will be tended to by the medical staff and then escorted off the field. If the injury is determined to be a possible concussion, the player will not be permitted back into the game. Madden NFL has been used to help teach the sport of football to several generations in regards to the rules and complexities of the sport.
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By Matt Vensel | May 10, 2012
Joe Flacco was mocked by media and fans last month when he said that he thinks of himself as the NFL's best quarterback . “I wouldn't be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way,” the Ravens quarterback explained. But on Wednesday night, we learned that many of Flacco's peers think pretty highly of him. Flacco landed at No. 74 on the NFL Network's annual top 100 players list , which is selected by NFL players themselves. Now they clearly didn't agree with the notion that he's the NFL's best quarterback -- NFL.com says that 10 quarterbacks will be ranked ahead of him -- but he moved up 16 spots from last year's list.
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By David Selig and The Baltimore Sun | May 4, 2012
Rico Wallace has already made history. Now it's just a matter of making the team. When the Meade alum signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent on Sunday, he became the first ever from his college, Division III Shenandoah University, to do so. The wide receiver is one of at least five former high school players from the Baltimore area who have signed with NFL teams following last weekend's draft. Despite coming from a small school, Wallace impressed scouts by running a 4.53-second 40-yard dash at James Madison University's Pro Day after making 67 catches for 1,241 yards and 14 touchdowns in his senior year at Shenandoah.
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By Matt Vensel | May 2, 2012
For the first time in a decade, the Ravens last weekend drafted three players from college football programs that were below the Division I FBS (formerly I-A) level. As Ravens director of player personnel Eric DeCosta put it, the Ravens “had to manufacture some runs this year” because the team's draft board was similar to those of the NFL's 31 other teams and 147 of their top 150 players were selected. But Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome also said the team's selection of Delaware center/guard Gino Gradkowski, South Carolina State safety Christian Thompson and Cal Poly cornerback Asa Jackson was reflective of the organization placing more of an emphasis on scouting smaller schools for talent.
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April 29, 2012
The Great RG3 Heist Ron Fritz Baltimore Sun He cost them three first-round picks and a second-round pick, but the Redskins got the biggest steal when they traded up to No. 2 to select quarterback Robert Griffin III. The Redskins — the Redskins! — actually did something right in the draft. And in the process they made Browns President Mike Holmgren look like exactly what he is — a decent football coach but no front-office genius. Some will say it's not a steal when you give up that much to move up, but it was exactly that — a steal.